Validation of the Questionnaire "Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices" in populations of pregnant women exposed to pesticides.

Purpose: to validate the CAP questionnaire in populations of pregnant women exposed to pesticides in the State of Paraná.

Methods: 382 pregnant women participated in the study, divided into two groups: Exposed to Pesticides (n = 320) and Not Exposed (n = 62). The validation process involved the validity of content, criteria and construct.

Defining clinical pharmacy and support activities indicators for hospital practice using a combined nominal and focus group technique.

Background Although clinical pharmacy is a crucial part of hospital pharmacist's day-to-day activity, its performance is not usually subject to a holistic assessment. Objective To define a set of relevant and measurable clinical pharmacy and support activities key performance indicators (cpKPI and saKPI, respectively). Setting Portuguese Hospital Pharmacies.

Audiological Evaluation of Patients With Somatosensory Tinnitus Attributed to Temporomandibular Disorders.

Purpose Tinnitus and temporomandibular disorders have already been associated in the literature, but despite many studies, it is still an intriguing discussion point. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of hearing loss among somatosensory tinnitus patients with temporomandibular disorders and to assess the influence of tinnitus on patients' quality of life. Method An otolaryngologist examined 585 patients in order to detect and evaluate the presence of tinnitus.

Emerging Roles of Single-Cell Multi-Omics in Studying Developmental Temporal Patterning.

The complexity of brain structure and function is rooted in the precise spatial and temporal regulation of selective developmental events. During neurogenesis, both vertebrates and invertebrates generate a wide variety of specialized cell types through the expansion and specification of a restricted set of neuronal progenitors. Temporal patterning of neural progenitors rests on fine regulation between cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic mechanisms.

Autoperception of food conditions of elderly dental prosthetic users.

Purpose: To evaluate the self-perception of the food conditions of elderly users of dental prosthesis, in order to verify the interference that dental prosthesis has in their feeding.

Methods: The present study counted with 60 elderly, participants of the Centro de Convivência Nair Ventorin Gurgacz (Community Center), aged between 60 and 88 years old. All participants answered to a questionnaire elaborated by the researchers and the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI).

Verbal fluency in elderly with and without hypertension and diabetes from the FIBRA study in Ermelino Matarazzo.

Background: There are few studies on the qualitative variables derived from the animal category verbal fluency test (VF), especially with data originating from low-income samples of community-based studies.

Objective: To compare elderly with and without hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM) regarding the total number of animals spoken, number of categories, groups and category switches on the VF test.

Methods: We used the database of the FIBRA (Frailty in Brazilian Elderly) community-based study.

Normative data for the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery stratified by age and education.

Introduction: Diagnosing neurocognitive disorders is challenging in low-educated individuals.

Objective: To report normative data for the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (BCSB) and to assess the association of age and education with performance on the BCSB in 240 community-dwelling elderly from Ermelino Matarazzo, São Paulo city.

Methods: The inclusion criteria were scoring above the education-adjusted cut-off points on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and below six points on the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS).

Relationships between episodic memory performance prediction and sociodemographic variables among healthy older adults.

Unlabelled: Previous studies have suggested that performance prediction, an aspect of metamemory, may be associated with objective performance on memory tasks.

Objective: The objective of the study was to describe memory prediction before performing an episodic memory task, in community-dwelling older adults, stratified by sex, age group and educational level. Additionally, the association between predicted and objective performance on a memory task was investigated.

Brainstem auditory evoked potentials in children with lead exposure.

Introduction: Earlier studies have demonstrated an auditory effect of lead exposure in children, but information on the effects of low chronic exposures needs to be further elucidated.

Objective: To investigate the effect of low chronic exposures of the auditory system in children with a history of low blood lead levels, using an auditory electrophysiological test.

Methods: Contemporary cross-sectional cohort.

Visual scapular dyskinesis: kinematics and muscle activity alterations in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome.

Objective: To characterize scapular kinematics and shoulder muscle activity in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome, with and without visually identified scapular dyskinesis.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Laboratory.

Results obtained with a low cost software-based audiometer for hearing screening.

Introduction:  The implementation of hearing screening programs can be facilitated by reducing operating costs, including the cost of equipment. The Telessaúde (TS) audiometer is a low-cost, software-based, and easy-to-use piece of equipment for conducting audiometric screening.

Aim:  To evaluate the TS audiometer for conducting audiometric screening.

The influence of speech stimuli contrast in cortical auditory evoked potentials.

Unlabelled: Studies about cortical auditory evoked potentials using the speech stimuli in normal hearing individuals are important for understanding how the complexity of the stimulus influences the characteristics of the cortical potential generated.

Objective: To characterize the cortical auditory evoked potential and the P3 auditory cognitive potential with the vocalic and consonantal contrast stimuli in normally hearing individuals.

Method: 31 individuals with no risk for hearing, neurologic and language alterations, in the age range between 7 and 30 years, participated in this study.

Auditory complaints and audiologic assessment in children with surgically repaired cleft lip and palate.

Introduction:  At the initial consultation, the speech-language pathologist and audiologist may consider possible diagnostic hypotheses based on the child's history and the parents' complaint.

Aim:  To investigate the association of hearing complaints with the findings obtained in the conventional audiologic assessment in children with cleft lip and palate. Retrospective study.

Correlation analysis of the long latency auditory evoked potential N2 and cognitive P3 with the level of lead poisoning in children.

Introduction:  The effects of lead on children's health have been widely studied.

Aim:  To analyze the correlation between the long latency auditory evoked potential N2 and cognitive P3 with the level of lead poisoning in Brazilian children.

Methods:  This retrospective study evaluated 20 children ranging in age from 7 to 14 years at the time of audiological and electrophysiological evaluations.

Prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss in drivers.

Introduction:  Work-related hearing loss is one of the most common occupational illness progresses over the years of noise exposure associated with the work environment, may cause damage to undertake physical activity, the individual's physiological and mental besides causing hearing damage irreversible interfering with communication and quality of life. With high prevalence of male evaluates which is the second leading cause of hearing loss. Since there is no medical treatment for this type of hearing loss, it is evident the importance of preventive and conferences aimed at preserving hearing and health as a whole.

Hearing loss and acquired immune deficiency syndrome: systematic review.

Purpose: To investigate the occurrence of hearing loss in individuals with HIV/AIDS and their characterization regarding type and degree.

Research Strategy: It was conducted a systematic review of the literature found on the electronic databases PubMed, EMBASE, ADOLEC, IBECS, Web of Science, Scopus, Lilacs and SciELO.

Selection Criteria: The search strategy was directed by a specific question: "Is hearing loss part of the framework of HIV/AIDS manifestations?", and the selection criteria of the studies involved coherence with the proposed theme, evidence levels 1, 2 or 3, and language (Portuguese, English and Spanish).

Clinical and metabolic results of fasting abbreviation with carbohydrates in coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Introduction: Limited information is available about preoperative fasting abbreviation with administration of liquid enriched with carbohydrates (CHO) in cardiovascular surgeries.

Objectives: To evaluate clinical variables, security of the method and effects on the metabolism of patients undergoing fasting abbreviation in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Methods: Forty patients undergoing CABG were randomized to receive 400 ml (6 hours before) and 200 ml (2 hours before) of maltodextrin at 12.

Mini-Mental State Examination performance in frail, pre-frail, and non-frail community dwelling older adults in Ermelino Matarazzo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Background: Frailty in older adults is a multifactorial syndrome defined by low metabolic reserve, less resistance to stressors, and difficulty in maintaining organic homeostasis due to cumulative decline of multiple physiological systems. The relationship between frailty and cognition remains unclear and studies about Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) performance and frailty are scarce. The objective was to examine the association between frailty and cognitive functioning as assessed by the MMSE and its subdomains.

A study of the high-frequency hearing thresholds of dentistry professionals.

Introduction:  In the dentistry practice, dentists are exposed to harmful effects caused by several factors, such as the noise produced by their work instruments. In 1959, the American Dental Association recommended periodical hearing assessments and the use of ear protectors. Aquiring more information regarding dentists', dental nurses', and prosthodontists' hearing abilities is necessary to propose prevention measures and early treatment strategies.

Determinants of cognitive performance among community dwelling older adults in an impoverished sub-district of São Paulo in Brazil.

Determinants of cognitive performance in old age have received limited attention in Latin America. We investigated the association of socio-demographic and health-related variables with cognitive performance in a sample of older adults with limited educational experience living in a poor sub-district of the city of São Paulo. This was a cross-sectional population-based study which included a sample of 384 seniors 65 years and older.

Depressive symptoms in old age: relations among sociodemographic and self-reported health variables.

Background: Depression in old age is a complex multifactorial phenomenon that is influenced by several biopsychosocial variables. Depressive symptoms are associated with the presence of chronic diseases, with being female, with low education and low income levels, and with poor perceived health assessment. In impoverished areas, older adults may have more physical disability, as they may have less access to health services.

Twist-1 is a PPARdelta-inducible, negative-feedback regulator of PGC-1alpha in brown fat metabolism.

Brown fat is specialized for energy expenditure, a process that is principally controlled by the transcriptional coactivator PGC-1alpha. Here, we describe a molecular network important for PGC-1alpha function and brown fat metabolism. We find that twist-1 is selectively expressed in adipose tissue, interacts with PGC-1alpha, and is recruited to the promoters of PGC-1alpha's target genes to suppress mitochondrial metabolism and uncoupling.

Comparison of self-report and interview administration methods based on the Brazilian versions of the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index and Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire in patients with rotator cuff disorders.

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to compare self-report and interview administration methods using the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC) and Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire (DASH) in patients with rotator cuff disorders.

Methods: Thirty male and female patients over 18 years of age with rotator cuff disorders (tendinopathy or rotator cuff tear) and Brazilian Portuguese as their primary language were recruited for assessment via administration of the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index and and Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire. A randomization method was used to determine whether the questionnaires would be self-reported (n=15) or administered by an interviewer (n=15).

Validity and reliability of the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC) for use in Brazil.

Objective: To evaluate the validity and reliability of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC).

Design And Setting: A cross-sectional survey at the Physiotherapy Unit and Outpatient Orthopedic and Traumatology Clinic, Universidade Federal de São Paulo.

Methods: To test validity, 100 patients with rotator cuff disorders were evaluated using the WORC, clinically relevant outcomes for patients with shoulder disorders (pain, range of motion, and strength), and the Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH), University of California Los Angeles Shoulder Rating Scale (UCLA), and Short Form-36 (SF-36) self-report measures.